Theodori Bezae Vezelii Poemata varia : sylvae, elegiae, epitaphia, epigrammata, icones, emblemata, Cato Censorius : omnia ab ipso auctore in vnum nunc corpus collecta & recognita

by: Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605; Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598. prt

Publication date: 1597

Publisher: [Genevae : Henricus Stephanus]

Collection: getty; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Sloan Foundation

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Latin

Jacques Stoer finished printing the book after Estienne's death, apparently beginning with the Emblemata (p. 223-218); see Renouard

The present ed. includes 2 works in addition to those given on the t.p.: Abrahamvs sacrificans : tragoedia Gallicè à Th. Beza iam olim edita, recens verò Latinè à Ioanne Iacomoto Barrensi conuersa (p. [283]-343) -- Appendix ad Poemata (p. [344]-372)

Estienne device on t.p. Head- and tailpieces, decorated initials, scroll-work frames for section titles. Illustrations to the Emblemata (p. 223-267) are enclosed within decorative frames; those on p. 264-267 are empty

Signatures: [paragraph mark] [2 paragraph marks] a-z A-Z Aa

Errors in pagination: 112 numbered 121, 159 numbered 157, 285 numbered 185, 186 numbered 186, 293-94 repeated

Includes errata, last p

Renouard, A. Estienne

Binding: black goatskin over pasteboard, ca. 1900. Gold tooled on boards, spine, edges, turn-ins. Spine title: THEODORI / BEZAE / VEZELII // POËMATA / VARIA // 1597. The edges gilt

Library's copy has extensive bibliographical annotation on both sides of front free endpaper preceding t.p. Mounted on t.p. verso is small engraving of Prudentia

Notes

Irregular pagination. Some duplicate and misprinted page numbers. Narrow margins. Gutter included to avoid cropping text. Some text impossible to capture. No Table of Contents.